Literally meaning "herdsman's cheese" Hirtenkäse is wonderful cow's milk cheese from the Allgäu regionof southern Germany. One reason for the name and the brilliant flavor is the cows that produce its milk are all fresh grass fed. No sileage is fed to the herd during the cheese producing months. The texture is a little granular with an aged provolone/parmesan taste. Very delicious.

Name: Hirtenkäse
Type of Milk: Cow, Unpasteurized
Type: hard
Produced in: Germany
Date Purchased: 12/27/2006
Date Eaten: 12/31/2006
Purchased Where: United States, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, A Southern Season
Price: $15.99/lb.